Site Establishment CAD Administrator in Cardiff

At BUUK Infrastructure, our vision is to be the leading utility partner to accelerate the UK towards net zero for all our customers. Our group of companies has been the major drive for change and innovation over 30 years. We provide a supportive environment that is committed to enabling our people to be the best – ensuring they feel proud to be themselves and part of BUUK Infrastructure.

We are looking for a Site Establishment CAD Administrator who would like to help us reach our mission to “earn customer loyalty and drive business growth by providing consistently excellent service”.

Purpose of this role: To provide a professional design resource to ensure that all fibre deployment designs are fit for purpose and cost effective, ensuring compliance with the Group’s quality and safety standards, whilst complying with appropriate legislation and engineering standards.

Your key responsibilities are:

• Responsible for providing commercially and technically robust design solutions that are fit for purpose for the provision of GPON network fibre utility infrastructures on all OFNL projects.
• Develops and evaluates engineering options to achieve market leading, cost-efficient solutions.
• To design duct infrastructures for site developments and ensure both offsite and onsite designs align.
• To prepare detailed chamber / ducting, cable, and fibre-layout drawings for issue to contractors, developers and internal staff utilising stand-alone CAD, GIS packages and other drawing tools.
• To ensure the fibre infrastructure requirements are understood by the Project Manager and Contractors by providing a clear works instruction and with these parties to ensure the fibre infrastructure is deployed in a timely manner.
• To ensure that the most suitable fibre deployment solution is selected for any given development drawing on all the different methods for fibre deployment.
• To ensure all fibre assets are properly recorded in any chosen asset recording system, and to ensure all elements deployed in the fibre plant are labelled using the agreed labelling convention.
• Liaise with 3rd party stakeholders to obtain the minimum information required to allow the design or technical approval of fibre plant.
• To complete an initial cost analysis to ensure the backhaul solution is viable from a commercial perspective.
• Editing of the Openreach portal, including reserving new route, editing existing routes during construction activities and closing NOIs.
• Updating of Straight Line Diagrams.
• Processing A55 documents.

Qualifications: CAD Qualification.

Experience/Knowledge:

• A strong understanding of Excel, Word, PowerPoint and CAD.
• Good literacy and numerical skills.
• Knowledge of the Openreach Duct and chamber tile.
• Knowledge on how to create/modify/complete NOIs.

Abilities/Skills:

• Excellent verbal and writing communication skills to enable the candidate to complete CDM and CAD designs.
• Tenacious work ethic.
• Knowledge in the CAD software.
• Knowledge surrounding the fibre utility.
• Knowledge of the construction industry.
• Knowledge of the Openreach portal.

What can you expect from us:

• Cost of living annual pay review.
• Company pension contributions up to 10% if employees contribute 5%.
• 33 days holiday including bank holidays with the ability to purchase an additional 2 weeks.
• Enhanced maternity, paternity and adoption pay.
• Referral payment of £1000 (net of tax) for successful referrals.
• Hybrid working for eligible roles.
• Development opportunities to reach your career aspirations.

BUUK has an award-winning culture. We care about your wellbeing and safety as we all deserve the right to go home safe, every day. We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer, we respect each other and advocate for equity, diversity and inclusion in all we do.

Research shows that women and people from different underrepresented backgrounds often only apply for a job if they meet 100% of the listed qualifications. If you would like to be a part of our team and you meet many, but not all our requirements for this role, you can also ask us about flexible working options.

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